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StoryCorps: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack at their StoryCorps interview in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2023, Credit: Delilah Righter for StoryCorps
Miranda Duschack and Mimo Davis came to StoryCorps to reflect on the many turns their relationship has taken.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Denise Tuite
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Denise Tuite recalls volunteering at The Lesbian Switchboard, a helpline for gay women that operated in New York City from the 70s to the 90s.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Martha High and Sandra Bears
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Martha High and Sandra Bears
Sandra Bears and Martha High remember singing together as The Jewels, before hitting the road with James Brown.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Dana Aljubouri and Basma Alawee
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Basma Alawee and Dana Aljubouri at their StoryCorps interview in Jacksonville, Florida on October 7, 2022., Credit: Andrew Avitabile/StoryCorps.
At 14, Dana Aljubouri wants to start covering her hair. She came to StoryCorps with her mom, Basma Alawee, to ask her advice about this deeply per...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:45
Mississippi Poet Laureate (2016-2021) Beth Ann Fennelly
From: New Letters on the Air
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Beth Ann Fennelly, the Mississippi Poet Laureate 2016-21 discusses her roles as poet, teacher, mother and wife in creative partnership with novelis...

  • Added: May 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps: Johannah Owusu and Madzimoyo Owusu
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Johannah and Madzimoyo at their StoryCorps Recording on July 10th, 2010, in Fort Wayne, Indiana., Credit: Photo by Jorge Rios for StoryCorps.
Madzimoyo Owusu talks with her daughter, Johannah Owusu, about the memory of Madzimoyo’s grandmother.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Hibaaq Ibrahim: Everyone Is A Maker
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Muralist Hibaaq Ibrahim , Credit: Zaraia Fabunmi
Hibaaq Ibrahim is a painter whose recent work includes creating murals for commercial businesses. Whether commercial or community-based projects, H...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2021
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
Ann Savoy: The Américaine
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Ann Savoy
Ann Savoy is a lot of things: a musician, scholar, mother, and world traveler. She took the scenic route from Virginia to South Louisiana in the m...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
StoryCorps: Caroline Dezan and Maria Rivas
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Caroline Dezan and Maria Rivas at their StoryCorps interview in Fresno, California on April 4, 2014., Credit: Courtesy Caroline Dezan.
Maria Rivas cared for her ailing mother over the last six years of her life, but she remembers her as anything but fragile while talking to social ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
S1 E4 Not Always Wonderful
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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In the hospital, pediatrician Dana Gal struggles with a young patient who asserts her autonomy in ways that are frustrating, and even dangerous.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 34:33
Behind the Walls
From: Martine Chaussard
Caption: Pat Stark shows her first handwritten catalogue of Sam Feinstein’s paintings.
Fifteen years ago, Pat Stark discovered a lifetime of artwork in her home. Most of the art she found had never been seen by anyone but the artist, ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Con Mujeres: Beva Sanchez Padilla & Yahaira Carreras
From: Generation Justice Admin
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“Organizing with a caring heart” - listen in on this powerful conversation between two New Mexican community organizers, women at opposite ends of ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 17:31
Love in Translation
From: Israel Story
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Sharon and Cansu are from enemy countries and have no common language. They also happen to be in love. A story of a relationship in the age of Goog...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 2
Poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Discusses Irish Lore and Language
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue Women's History Month with Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Considered one of the country's leading poets writing all in Irish, she’s won numerous ...

Bought by WDCB and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Our Dreams Untangle Our Days
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Dreams untangle our days. According to some theories, they give us a chance to work through in our sleep some of the threats and stresses of our da...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
StoryCorps Historias: Vanessa Silva-Welch and Arnaldo Silva
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Vanessa Silva-Welch (left) and Arnaldo Silva (right)
Arnaldo Silva and his daughter, Vanessa, have battled breast cancer together. At StoryCorps they discuss their past and current fights with the dis...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Aug 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Donna Engeman and Nicole McKenna
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nicole Engeman (left) with her mom, Donna Engeman (right)
Donna Engeman shares stories about her husband, Army Chief Warrant Officer John Engeman, who was killed 10 years ago while deployed in Iraq.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
Delta Jewels (Gravy Ep. 27)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Mrs. Joyce Meyers, Credit: Photo by Alysia Burton Steele
The image of the Mississippi Delta the public usually gets is one of poverty-- or of cotton fields. But, on a search for women like her grandmother...

Bought by KVLU and WABE


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 25:16
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps OutLoud: Angela Stowe and Glenda Elliott
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Angela Stowe (L) and Glenda Elliott (R)
Glenda Elliott, 75, tells her friend Angela Stowe about the love of her life, and what it was like to love another woman long before the gay rights...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCQS, WMMT, WMUU-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 5
Ronnie Gilbert: A Memorial Tribute with Holly Near
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Ronnie Gilbert memorial, with excepts from her 1996 visit to Radio Curious, and remembrances by Holly Near

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:04
Real Love: A Valentine's Special from WNYC's Death, Sex & Money
From: WNYC
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A Valentine's Special from WNYC's Death, Sex & Money, hosted by Anna Sale.

Bought by KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, KJZZ, KRPS, KUER and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 39
StoryCorps: Tina Vasquez and Sonia Vasquez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Tina Vasquez tells her mother, Sonia Vasquez, about what it was like to grow up...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Barbara Moore and Olivia Fite
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Olivia Fite (left) and her mother Barbara Moore.
Barbara Moore (R) tells her daughter, Olivia Fite (L), about becoming a bricklayer in the...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WXPR, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KERA and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 6
Proud Tummy Mom
From: Savanna Nilsen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When my sister placed her baby for adoption, she and the adoptive parents developed an unexpected relationship.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 10:06
Song Story S0.E2 - Sarah Donner's "Signs of Life" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter/creativ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 10:06